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Daily Mirror
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Niamh Kirk & Sam Elliott-Gibbs

Football-mad boy, 6, loses leg to cancer after discomfort dismised as a sore knee

A sport mad six-year-old boy lost his leg to cancer after his parents initially dismissed his discomfort as a sore knee.

Football loving Saif Mubarak suddenly began complaining of leg pains but, preparing for a family holiday last Christmas to Istanbul, the family initially thought he was being boisterous and active, and put it down to a minor strain.

But mum Romana Mubarak, 44, a school therapist, couldn’t relax knowing that her son never complained of being in pain much.

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